Public policy and operational alignment in light of public service retrenchment – lessons learned from Canada
| Autor: | Karine Levasseur, Andrea Rounce |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Strategic planning
Government Public Administration Sociology and Political Science 05 social sciences 0211 other engineering and technologies Public policy 021107 urban & regional planning 02 engineering and technology Public administration 0506 political science 050602 political science & public administration Economics Retrenchment Strategic management Public service |
| Zdroj: | International Review of Administrative Sciences. 83:443-462 |
| ISSN: | 1461-7226 0020-8523 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0020852315586300 |
| Popis: | This article examines the Strategic and Operating Review (SOR) process used by the Government of Canada through a strategic management perspective. Initiated by the Harper government in the 2011 Budget as a one-year process, SOR is expected to secure savings of CDN$4 billion by 2014–15 from the CDN$80 billion operating budget of departments. Our article assesses to what degree the strategic operational cuts support the public policy priorities of the Harper government. Points for practitioners Using Canada as a case study to understand how budgetary cuts are handled, this article provides an opportunity to consider how policy makers align operational cuts with public policy priorities. While the budget cuts in this case study are operational in nature, they require direction from central government to support – not undermine – public policy priorities. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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